Devon Poor Law/Registration County : Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

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Data for 1861 Sex
1861 Occupational Orders Male Female
National & Local Government 3,874 Show data context 147 Show data context
Defence of the Country 13,223 Show data context
Professions & Arts 4,355 Show data context 2,611 Show data context
Wives, Mothers, Children 204 Show data context 89,679 Show data context
Personal [Services] 4,356 Show data context 26,231 Show data context
[Business Persons & Traders] 2,105 Show data context 866 Show data context
[Transport] 7,975 Show data context 167 Show data context
[Farming] 47,198 Show data context 14,143 Show data context
Engaged about Animals 2,515 Show data context 2 Show data context
Art & Mechanic Productions 20,357 Show data context 1,371 Show data context
Textiles & Dress 11,407 Show data context 30,281 Show data context
Food & Drink 7,611 Show data context 2,600 Show data context
Animal Substances 1,104 Show data context 34 Show data context
Vegetable Substances 3,438 Show data context 444 Show data context
Mineral Substances 11,206 Show data context 308 Show data context
KKBranch of Labour undefined 7,339 Show data context 178 Show data context
Persons of Rank or Property 974 Show data context 4,251 Show data context
Supported by the Community 752 Show data context 2,324 Show data context
Unknown 1,060 Show data context 2,851 Show data context

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Date Acknowledgments
1861 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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From 1991 the census has gathered data on whether or not households had central heating, in at least some of their rooms, and in 2011 this was the only "amenity" data gathered.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Devon Poor Law/Registration County through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10073832/cube/OCC_ORD1861_OVER20

Date accessed: 09th June 2026